For Release: January 11, 2017 Washington, D.C. – The Alliance to End Slavery & Trafficking (ATEST) is proud to support the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act (H.R. 459). Human trafficking victims are often forced to commit crimes by their traffickers as part of their...
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ATEST Applauds the Authorization of the End Modern Slavery Initiative
For Release: December 9, 2016 Washington, D.C. – The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking, a U.S. based coalition that advocates for solutions to prevent and end all forms of human trafficking worldwide, applauds the authorization of the End Modern Slavery Initiative within the...
ATEST responds to A.P. investigation of forced labor on U.S. fishing vessels
In response to the Associated Press story on forced labor on U.S. fishing vessels, Melysa Sperber, Director of the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST), said: "ATEST is deeply concerned about the exploitative conditions of foreign national crew on United States-flagged...
ATEST Applauds Inclusion of Human Trafficking Survivor at Democratic National Convention
For Release: July 26, 2016 The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) applauds the inclusion of human trafficking survivor and advocate Ima Matul as a speaker at the U.S. Democratic National Convention this week. Matul, a survivor coordinator for ATEST coalition member...
U.S. State Department Holds Burma, Uzbekistan Accountable for Human Trafficking
Thailand upgrade unjustified; failure to right 2015’s mistake on Malaysia damages credibility For Immediate Release: June 30, 2016 Media Contact: Liz Baker [email protected], +1 508.479.3731 Washington, D.C.—The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST)...
Release Kah Walla
Melysa Sperber, Director of the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST), issued the following statement in response to the reported arrest of Kah Walla, President of the Cameroon People's Party (CPP). Ms. Walla was apparently arrested in Younde, Cameroon earlier today after...
ATEST Applauds Elimination of 85-Year-Old Loophole that has Allowed Products Made with Forced or Child Labor into the United States
For Release: February 16, 2016 The Senate voted last week to close a loophole in the Tariff Act of 1930, a law that prohibits goods made by forced, child or prison labor from entering the United States unless the United States doesn’t produce enough of those goods to meet consumer...
ATEST Welcomes United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking
For advocates and survivor-advocates of human trafficking, this week marks an important milestone: the first meeting of the United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking in Washington, D.C. Last month, the Obama Administration announced the formation of this group, composed of...
Groups Demand Answers from State Department on Human Trafficking Report
Oct. 8, 2015 FOIA request highlights lingering concerns over possible political interference in important government publication WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the support of human rights, labor, faith, trade and democracy reform organizations, Friends of the Earth filed a Freedom of...
ATEST Applauds Confirmation of New Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
For Release: October 9, 2015 The Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) applauds yesterday’s confirmation of Susan Coppedge as Ambassador-at-Large to combat human trafficking and Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking (J/TIP) at the U.S. Department of...